Classic FestivalLech

3. Lech Classic Music Festival 2014

DE/ENFÜR DEUTSCHE VERSION BITTE WENDEN

4th August, 2014, 9pm5th – 9th August, 2014, 5pm

Neue Kirche Lech

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Classic FestivalLech

4th August 2014, 9pm5th - 9th August 2014, 5pm

Neue Kirche Lech

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SCHEDULE MoNDAy, 4TH AUgUST, 2014

9pm

Neue Kirche Lech

Der Vorabend

”Und gott schuf den Menschennach seinem Ebenbilde...“

(And God created man in his own image)Gospels and Spirituals about Genesis

Carole Alston – Singing and Presentation

The Afro-American daughter of a Baptist priest in Washington DC, grew up with this music. She is an authentic interpreter of this genre and guides through the program.

Carole Alston is accompanied by:

”The good News Messengers“Uli Datler - Piano; Uli Langthaler- Bass; Andi Weiss- Drums

”Praise Choir“Performance Ensemble

PROGRAMPROGRAM

TUESDAy, 5TH AUgUST, 2014 WEDNESDAy, 6TH AUgUST, 2014

5pm

Neue Kirche Lech

opening Concert

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) ”Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen“ Solo cantata BWV 51 Cornelia Horak - Soprano Siegfried J. Koch – Trumpet

G.F. Händel (1685 - 1759) ”Dopo notte“ from ”Ariodante“ Stephanie Houtzeel – Mezzo Soprano W.A. Mozart (1756 -1791) ”Come scoglio immoto resta“ out of „Cosi fan tutte“ Cornelia Horak - Soprano W.A. Mozart (1756-1791) ”Non hò colpa“ out of ”Idomeneo” Stephanie Houtzeel – Mezzo Soprano F. Schubert (1797 -1828) Rondo A Major Edwin E.S. Kim – Violin

Break

J. Haydn (1732-1809) Concert for trumpet and orchestra E-flat Major Siegfried J. Koch – Trumpet

N. Paganini (1782-1840) Concert for violin and orchestra No. 2 , B Minor Edwin E.S. Kim – Violin

Lech Festival orchestra

The soloists of the opening Concert are kindly supported by

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Neue Kirche Lech

„Ich lade gern mir gäste ein...... „(I like to invite guests ….)

Operetta from a different point of view

An operetta concert with extracts out ofJ. Strauss ”Die Fledermaus“ and F. Lehár ”Die Lustige Witwe“ (The Merry Widow)

Cornelia Horak – SopranoJörg Schneider – TenorPeter Edelmann – Bariton and Christoph Wagner - Trenkwitz

Rudolf Bibl – Conductor

Lech Festival orchestra

These two classic Viennese operettas are presented in extracts while they are sung, acted, commented and questioned.

The soloists of the concert are kindly supported by

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THURSDAy, 7TH AUgUST, 2014 FRIDAy, 8TH AUgUST, 2014

5pm

Neue Kirche Lech

MoZART !!!!

Concert aria KV 577 ”Al desio di chi t‘adora“ Marija Jokovic – Mezzo Soprano

Serenade D- Dur KV 320 ”Posthorn – Serenade“ Siegfried J. Koch – Posthorn

Break

Concert for Horn and orchestra No. 4 E-flat Major KV 495 Hermann Ebner – Horn

Concert for violin and orchestra No. 5 A Major KV 219 Edwin E.S. Kim – Violin

Lech Festival orchestra

The soloists of the concert are kindly supported by

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Neue Kirche Lech

W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791) ”Laudamus te „ ”Et incarnatus est“ out of: Große Messe C Minor KV 427 Julia Novikova – Soprano

J.N. Hummel (1778 –1837) Concert for trumpet and orchestra E Major, 3rd movement Siegfried J. Koch – Trumpet W.A. Mozart (1756 – 1791) ”Exsultate, jubilate“ KV 165 Julia Novikova – Soprano

Break

J. Brahms (1833 – 1897) Concert for violin and orchestra D Major Edwin E.S. Kim – Violin Vito Cristofaro – Conductor

Lech Festival orchestra

Edwin E.S. Kim is supported by

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SATURDAy, 9TH AUgUST, 2014 LECH FESTIVAL oRCHESTRA

5pm

Neue Kirche Lech

Anniversary Concert 300th Birthday of Christoph Willibald gluck

Chr. W. Gluck (1714-1787)

”orfeo ed Euridice“Opera in 3 acts

in Italian languageConcert performance

Orfeo – Stephanie HoutzeelEuridice – Julia Novikova

Amor – Marija JokovicConductor – Vito Cristofaro

Lech Festival Choir (Rehearsed by Peter Goldner and Johann Pichler)

Lech Festival orchestra

The Lech Festival Choir is kindly supported by our Lech partner guest houses

The Festival orchestra is kindly supported by our partner hotels in Lech

Violin: Martin Yavryan – Concertmaster

Esther Bachkönig Marina Dimitrova Andrej Jablokov Gunnar Kindel

Kristina Kostrokina Zhanna Li

Cordula Schröck

Viola: Rainer Ullreich

Deborah UllreichVioloncello:

Milan KaranovicPeter Polzer

Bass:Walter Bachkönig

Flute:Charles Brink

Clarinet: Reinhold Brunner

Bassoon:Stephanie Holzschuster

oboe:Peter Mayrhofer

Horn:Hermann Ebner

Boris Pelikan

Trumpet:Siegfried J.Koch

Percussions:Hans Finner

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Edwin E.S. Kimis the lead soloist of the Fes-tival. In Asia, the violin virtuo-so is one of the leading mu-sicians of his instrument. He is the youngest professor of the well-known Hanyang mu-sic university in Seoul. Nume-rous concerts in Europe, Asia and the US.

Melanie ChaeMelanie Chae is the Musical Director of Studies of the Festival. Having grown up in Seoul she studied piano at the Royal College of Music in London. She mainly accom-panies her husband Edwin E.S. Kim at recitals. Melanie is a correpetitor at numerous international competitions.

Cornelia Horakthe self-employed soprano from Vienna has a ver-satile repertoire and is an internationally highly de-manded opera and concert singer. At the Tyrolean Landestheater, Volksoper Vienna and the Theater am Gärtnerplatz, Munich she had solid engage-ments and could develop over 50 different roles. Guest performances and concerts take the singer to many European opera houses and festivals.

Carole Alston was born in Washington D.C. as a daughter of a Baptist priest and is hence familiar with the genre of Gospel ever since. She is an authentic interpreter of this music. In Europe, she performed in major Musical productions: “Jesus Christ Superstar”, “Kiss Me Kate”, or “Westside Story”. The composter Leonard Bernstein was thrilled by her: ”My God, You are fabulous”. In Austria, she performs with both classic and contemporary music: Jazz, Gospel and Blues. She also works as a pedagogue for Jazz dance, formation and movement at the Ballet and Opera School of the Staatsoper Vienna.

Siegfried J. Koch.is a trumpet player who already has an iridescent music career. At the age of 6 he had his first trumpet lesson with his father. Today he has engagements at the most important European stages of the Baro-que music scene. He also teaches Baroque trumpet at the art university in Graz. He contributes in nu-merous CDs with different orchestras and ensemb-les. Meanwhile, he has produced 3 solo CDs as well.

Stephanie Houtzeelwas born in Germany and grew up in the USA. She is a Mezzo Soprano who is to be heard and seen in all important roles as part of the Staatsoper Vi-enna as of season 2010/11 (i.e. “The Composer” (Ariadne of Naxos), “Octavian” (Rosenkavalier), “Orlovsky” (Fledermaus). Guest performances lead her to big opera houses such as Dresden, Antwerp, Zurich. At the Salzburger Festspiele she made her debut under Zubin Mehta in “Falstaff” 2013.

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Christoph Wagner- Trenkwitzthe former chief dramaturge of the Staatsoper Vienna is a board member and chief drama-turge of the Viennese Volksoper since 2003. He is known to the audience as a presenter on radio and TV, as well as a cabaret artist. He is author of numerous publications and will be Director of the Summer Theatre Haag.

Julia Novikovathe young Soprano got her first stage experience in her home city of St. Petersburg. Her interna-tional breakthrough succeeded as “Gilda” with the TV production of “Rigoletto” in Mantua with Placido Domigo in the lead and under the directi-on of Zubin Mehta. 148 TV stations broadcasted the live event. Julia Novikova was a member of the Viennese Staatsoper. For 2 years now, she is a self-employed artist with a broad repertoire and in worldwide demand.

Vito Cristofarothe young Italian conductor studied piano and violin in his home region Calabria. In 2004, he started his conductor studies at the music university Vienna and finished with distinction in 2009. The versatile con-ductor has already directed orchestras such a RSO Vienna, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Augsburg Philharmonics, and many more. Since 2010, he is Kapellmeister at the Landestheater Inns-bruck. There the “shooting star” celebrates great successes. His latest premieres were “Les Pecheurs de Perles” and “Don Pasquale”.

Hermann Ebnerborn in Styria, the horn player studied at the art university in Graz. Today he is a lecturer in the very same place. Hermann Ebner gained his rich orchestral experience as Principal horn player of the Tonkünstler orchestra and with the Vienna Philharmonics, with RSO Vienna and as Principal horn player in different international Baroque en-sembles.

Marija Jokovicthe young Serbian completed her studies with dis-tinction at the music university Vienna and already accomplished performances at numerous European opera houses. In the season 2012/13 she was a member of the Vlaamse Opera in Antwerp.

Peter Edelmannthe born Viennese studied with his father, Kammer-sänger Otto Edelmann. 1989, Peter Edelmann was winner of the Belvedere singing competition and became a member of the German Opera Berlin in 1990. Since 2001, he lives in Vienna again as a self-employed singer. As baritone his opera repertoi-re includes more than 60 different roles. He dedica-tes himself also to concert and song singing. Since 2012, Peter Edelmann is a professor of singing at the music university Vienna.

Prof. Rudolf Biblthe “Doyen” of the Viennese operetta used to be musical director for numerous opera and operetta productions, as well as for all productions outside Austria of the Viennese Volksoper for many years. He did countless concert tours to Japan, the Far East and Europe. Bibl was musical director of the Seefestspiele Mörbisch for 13 years. On a regular basis he conducted the “Silvesterfledermaus” at the Viennese Volksoper and the Staatsoper. Rudolf Bibl is an authentic interpreter of the modern Vien-nese operetta.

Jörg Schneider the Upper Austrian tenor used to be a Wiener Sän-gerknabe. Since 1995, the versatile artist sings at all important opera houses with his broad reper-toire of a lyrical tenor. Jörg Schneider also has an enormous song and concert repertoire. His passio-nate playfulness shows especially while performing operettas. Jörg Schneider arrives directly in Lech from the Bregenzer Festspiele where he performs at the premiere of “Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald”.

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